Scanner How-to - CSSCR - University of Washington
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1. Rike lj E 7 Figo Note the various Options in Tool Palette 1 Some of these may already be opened when the application is opened initially You can open or close them with the arrows on the left and scroll through the options using the scroll bar on the right 3 Insert film as shown Fig 6 SA21 strip film adage MA 21 slide mount ailapler Hold the film lightlh between thumb aed The M4 217 can hold only one slite at A Tien forefinger with the reflective base up andthe iny rt the slide short ace few with the rilec marie emulsion sumace doan The fiim will tive base up and the manie amulion surface bo fed into the adaptor automatically when down Sop when the mount contact tha inserted 4 shart distance back af the film ot Fig 6 From NIKON Super CoolScan 5000 ED User s Manual p 28 CSSCR mt 9 04 scanslide neg Page 3 of 5 e will be in black amp white or color w printing Thumbnail Drawer tab The D rawer will open Click on this button to display hide the image s in the Thumbnail drawer Eject film Click to close the drawer Click to expand the drawer Once loaded thumbnails can be reviewed and selected from the D rawer Select any or all of the images to be previewed using the typical CLICK or SHIFT CLICK or CTRL CLICK options available in other applications If you are not familiar with these options ask a consultant Selected thumbnails can be identifie2. aved by clicking on this drop down triangle and then following the instructions provided Fig 3 b Or open the scanner program through Photoshop CS This will scan your images directly to Photoshop CS as Photoshop documents Click on the shortcut icon to Photoshop CS on the desktop D epending on the particular scanning station you choose the icon for Photoshop CS may be located on a different part of the desktop Otherwise using a similar process as in option a click Mitet E mrm j Adobe Photoshop cs File Import H EPSON Expression 164081 Fig 5 F ka G i Note that the option for saving scanned images is not available when the scanner program is opened through Photoshop CS Fig 6 CSSCR mt 9 04 scanflatbed Page 1 of 5 CSSCR mt 9 04 scanflatbed Page 2 of 5 3 Choose the level of scanning options you d like to have available by selecting one of the different EPSON scan dialog boxes Before previewing choose the Mode from the list in the drop down menu Fig 7 Each mode has a different set of options with more scanning options made available as one moves from the Home Mode to the Office Mode to the Professional Mode EEF bee rt oe La Di ii e eed ae E Pers e E ar rere Haig Drar Tm a eer Tra Hi a Fig 7 When selecting H ome Mode an auto preview occurs This is a function of the Auto Preview option Itis not necessary that Auto Preview b
3. d by the blue border around them Fig 9 6 Click the Preview button Once previewed images can be selected for viewing by clicking on their thumbnail image or thumbnail number if thumbnails are hidden 7 Arrange the selected Preview image prior to scanning using the tools in Tool Palette 1 identified in Fig 5 and shown here in Fig 10 Identifying all the tools in TP1 is beyond the scope of this basic introduction However some are essential prior to scanning The various tools can be set up differently for each individual image to be scanned even if a batch scan is performed CSSCR mt 9 04 scanslide neg Page 4 of 5 Layout Tools aid in orienting and identifying what will be scanned of the selected Preview image The R at the far left identifies the orientation of shee pi MET the original image The R in a red box means the original orientation of the image has been reversed regardless of whether the image appears upside down or sideways A black box means the orientation is original If the R is on its side but still in the black box it simply means the image has been rotated but not reversed The two arrows in the upper right rotate the image the two arrows in the lower right flip the image along the horizontal or vertical planes Selecting the marquee tool allows one to identify the area of the Preview image to be scanned in some cases for example only part of the Preview image may be needed not th
4. e checked However some of the options for Home Mode will not work until a preview has been conducted In addition depending on what D ocument Type is chosen different options are made available For example if D ocument Type is set to Photo the Preview button gains a drop down menu N ormal or Thumbnail previews are chosen here If a blue box surrounds your previewed image it means you are in thumbnail mode In order to have the capability to change the settings of your image switch to Normal from this drop down menu Home Mode is fairly straightforward with most settings automated However the various settings are discussed below Office Mode has an Orientation option listed However this option is inoperative in the Epson Expression 1640X L It is best to leave the settings as shown above Office Mode is not recommended for photographs Some of the options in Professional Mode are available through Explorer type plus and minus and signs and a scroll bar CSSCR mt 9 04 scanflatbed Page 3 of 5 4 Select Document Type In Home Mode several options are available Choose the one that is applicable for your situation Again note whether the preview is in Normal or Thumbnail view In certain situations the thumbnail images will be previewed a kilter This does not happen all the time For whatever reason changing the sequence of the documents on the scanner bed seems to solve this However if this fix does not work pr
5. e entire thing oF so se Fig 11 As the marquee size changes the numbers in these three areas change note that you can select what the numbers mean in terms of measurement For now leave Keep this Crop as the default ren With the area of the Preview image selected specify either a desired height or width in Keep this Output Size Changing one automatically changes the other to reflect the ratio of the marquee selection For now use the number in Keep this File Size for informational purposes only The number will change once a desired resolution is selected here ___Select the desired resolution based on the final application of the image For typical printing of up to an 8x10 print 200 to 300 pixels per inch ppi is fine Note that once the Resolution is changed down to 200 or 300 the file size is dramatically reduced assuming the default resolution had been 4000 ppi originally meenen Enabling the Scan Image Enhancer adjusts brightness and contrast Hame ttar automatically Click Redraw to note what the changes will look like Be sure Seen the image is in the Processed window and not the Natural window see Bi _ Fig 5 for the location of these windows which are available through tabs Sometimes the changes will be subtle In Scanner Extras at the bottom of Tool Palette 1 Fig 13 make sure for now the Pixel D ata Size is at a Scan Bit Depth of 8 Higher depths
6. e this file extension jpg Joint photographic experts group Saves compressed with an attending loss of resolution If a jpg image is saved again it is compressed further It is best to work with an image as a psd image and then save a final version as a jpg for posting on the web tiff Can be saved compressed or uncompressed LZW compression for tiff files It is lossless i e there is no loss of resolution when compressing a tiff file using LZW This is a good format to use for saving image files Images saved as tiff files can be opened later by a number of applications References NIKON Superoool Scan 5000 ED User s Manual no date B3102000201 30 Tally T 2000 M agicScan U se s M anual and Scanning G uide V ersion 4 Fremont CA UMAX Technologies Inc and Taz Tally
7. es Fig 1 Types of adapters From NIKON Super CoolScan 5000 ED U se s Manual p 25 Removing A dapters Make sure no media film or slide is in the adapter in the scanner the SA 21 adapter has a locking mechanism that will not allow it to be removed if there is film in the adapter If the film jams see pp 60 61 of the User s Manual With the status light glowing steadily remove the adapter in the scanner Wait for the status light to stop blinking before inserting the proper adapter 2 Open the NIKON Super CoolScan 5000 ED as a stand alone application or through Photoshop CS a Stand alone O pen with this sequence start F regan FA radon Sean 4 r GE rion Sic Fig 2 b Open through Photoshop CS This will scan your images directly to Photoshop CS as Photoshop documents Click on the shortcut icon to Photoshop CS on the desktop Depending on the particular scanning station you choose the icon for Photoshop CS may be located on a different part of the desktop CSSCR mt 9 04 scanslide neg Page 1 of 5 CSSCR mt 9 04 scanslide neg Page 2 of 5 Otherwise using a similar process as in option a click E poms j _ Adobe Photoshop cs File Import Mion Scan 4 0 Fig 4 Some permutation of the following window will open Fig 5 If Tool Palette 1 is not visible click on the Tools button and select Tool Slo 1 sihin Cr E E LOIN E
8. eview your documents in Normal In Office Mode specify the document size In Professional Mode there is no need to specify Document Type at the time of previewing 5 Preview the document s In Home Mode Auto Preview may have taken place If not click on the Preview button For Office and Professional Modes press the Preview Button Except for thumbnail view previewed images will come up on a preview window Fig 9 aliai This is the same preview rotated 90 clockwise ee Eo Bih ee eed ats This is the default preview Fig 9 a o Taj B pa O nce previewed images can be rotated clockwise 90 using at the bottom of any one of the EPSON scan dialog boxes On the Preview tab check the box eam boua on The rotation applies to all images it is not possible to select only a few images for aaNet rotation During scanning the images will retain the 90 rotation The rotation TES tion can be selected after the preview has taken place ater Fig 10 6 From the Preview Window select those images that will be scanned Select each image by placing a marquee around it You can click and drag the marquee you can let the scanner place the marquee around the image or you can have a marquee dropped onto the Preview Window Any marquee can be resized and moved Erases selected marquee D rops marquee onto Preview Window Scanner auto selects size and Number of selected images placement
9. make for richer color tones when printing to a compatible printer However selecting higher bit depths increases the size of the file Change the bit depth only after you have informed yourself more about it something beyond the scope of this introduction 8 Select display save options using the Prefs button Note in Fig 5 the location of the Prefs button towards the left of the window it is a blue button The options offered here can be set at any time before scanning Except for Single Scan Batch Scan and File Saving it is best to leave these options alone Within Single Scan and Batch Scan you can select to save images to a disk If this is selected at the time of scanning you will be prompted to identify its location Fig 14 By saving to disk images will be saved directly after scanning They will not CSSCR mt 9 04 scanslide neg Page 5 of 5 be displayed on the screen If you wish to see the scanned images immediately after scanning them do not select the Save to Disk option 9 Press the Scan Button If you selected to save images to disk the following box will appear Fig 14 Y ou can leave the defaults or change the File Naming settings Select the File Saving options by clicking here ot ou can also select the File Format see below for a brief description of afew formats Saving Images psd Photoshop document Photoshop s native format Most commonly used However other programs may not recogniz
10. ncompressed LZW compression for tiff files It is lossless i e there is no loss of resolution when compressing a tiff file using LZW This is a good format to use for saving image files Images saved as tiff files can be opened later by a number of applications References EPSON Expression 1640X L Users Guide 2003 Document Number CPD 10855R2 11 03 Tally T 2000 M agicScan U se s M anual and Scanning G uide V ersion 4 Fremont CA UMAX Technologies Inc and Taz Tally SCANNING USING THE NIKON SUPER COOLSCAN 500 ED Preliminary precautions N otice the condition of the status light in the upper right corner of the unit If the light is blinking DO NOT turn off the scanner insert or remove adapters or film use other USB devices or turn them on or off or operate camera control software for digital cameras connected via USB From U ser s M anual p 5 If the status light does not stop blinking ask one of the CSSCR consultants on duty for help There is a difference between previewing and scanning Note what term is being used 1 Select the proper adapter Inserting A dapters With the scanner on and the status light glowing steadily insert the proper adapter for slides or 35mm film Fig 1 Wait for the status light to stop blinking it will take from 20 to 30 seconds If the proper adapter is already in the scanner and the status light is glowing steadily go to the next step For 35mm film with 2 6 frames For slid
11. nt If the resolution of the 8x10 image needs to be 300 dpi the Scale needs to be set at 200 and the Resolution at 300 dpi In Figure 13 above the dpi is set at 300 but the scaling still needs to be changed to 200 to gain a doubling in size of the original image at a final resolution of 300 dpi CSSCR mt 9 04 scanflatbed Page 5 of 5 Descreening Filter and Unsharp Mask Filter All three modes Home Office and Professional have a Descreening Filter In addition Office and Professional Modes have an Unsharp Mask Filter The descreening filter aids in avoiding moir patterns think of two combs overlapping the pattern generated by the overlapping teeth is a moir pattern pronounced more ray Moire patterns are more likely to occur when scanning previously printed pictures i e images from magazine pages Unsharp Mask Filter aids in removing some of the blurriness inherent in scanning images from a scanner Try previewing with and without this filter to see the different effects Saving Images psd Photoshop document Photoshop s native format Most commonly used However other programs may not recognize this file extension jpg Joint photographic experts group Saves compressed with an attending loss of resolution Ifa jpg image is saved again it is compressed further It is best to work with an image as a psd image and then save a final version as a jpg for posting on the web tiff Can be saved compressed or u
12. of marquee Click on this prior to scanning so all selected images are scanned Else only the highlighted image will be scanned CSSCR mt 9 04 scanflatbed Page 4 of 5 7 Choose settings and options for each image In all three modes the effects of the various options chosen can be seen immediately on the selected image in the Preview Window Note however that changes made through the Configuration button identified earlier apply to ALL items selected Considerations to take into account when setting up the scan options are listed below 8 Click Scan The scanned images will open in Photoshop CS or they will be saved to a file you specified earlier or a window will pop up asking where to save the scanned image s Remember that if you have multiple images to scan at one pass you need to press the All button Fig 11 before scanning Considerations to take into account when scanning Recommended Settings Follow the pale line n this table for selecting a resoluman Type of scan Rewoliticn z heat ey ey MA ont id m pm m A fad li a TMJ ti l Fig 12 From EPSON Expresin 1640X L U se s Guide page 27 Scaling Resizing images Scaling refers to the final size of the scanned image at a specific resolution in terms of dpi If for example the size of the final image needs to be 8x10 inches and the original document is 4x5 inches then the scaling needed is 200 That is a doubling of the size of the original docume
13. scanning at CSSCR Written by Marcos Torres Center for Social Science Computation amp Research 145 Savery Hall University of Washington Seattle WA 98195 U S A 206 543 8110 October 2004 http julius csscr washington edu pdf scanning pdf Scanning using the EPSON Expression 1640X L 1 Place item s to be scanned on the scanner bed as shown below Multiple originals can be placed on the scanner bed space permitting however it is advisable to have all the documents be of one type i e all photographs or all text etc Note orientation of image in illustration The top of the image should rest against the left edge of the scanner bed You may need to reposition the original image on the scanner bed if the edges of the image get cut off during the scanning Process Note the difference between previewing and scanning Previewing brings a copy of your document onto the screen Adjustments are made to the image at the preview stage Once the preview image looks acceptable it is scanned Once scanned the image can be saved to a file or sent to Photoshop CS the option available here at CSSCR for further manipulation Fig 1 From EPSON Expression 1640X L User s Guide page 14 2 Open the scanner application Two ways are available to access the scanning program a Click on E ope EPSON Scan r L Panan A Fig 2 Through option a you can specify the file to which your scanned images will be s
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